<h4>Tool</h4><table border="0"><tr><td valign="top"><b>Name</b></td><td valign="top">Create New Shapes Layer</td></tr><tr><td valign="top"><b>ID</b></td><td valign="top">0</td></tr><tr><td valign="top"><b>Author</b></td><td valign="top">O. Conrad (c) 2008</td></tr></table><hr><h4>Description</h4>Creates a new empty shapes layer of given type, which might be either point, multipoint, line or polygon.

Possible field types for the attributes table are:
- string
- date
- color
- unsigned 1 byte integer
- signed 1 byte integer
- unsigned 2 byte integer
- signed 2 byte integer
- unsigned 4 byte integer
- signed 4 byte integer
- unsigned 8 byte integer
- signed 8 byte integer
- 4 byte floating point number
- 8 byte floating point number
- binary
<hr><h4>Parameters</h4><table border="1" width="100%" valign="top" cellpadding="5" rules="all"><tr><th>Name</th><th>Type</th><th>Identifier</th><th>Description</th><th>Constraints</th></tr>
<tr><th colspan="5">Output</th></tr><tr><td>Shapes (*)</td><td>Data Object (optional output)</td><td>SHAPES</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><th colspan="5">Options</th></tr><tr><td>Name</td><td>Text</td><td>NAME</td><td></td><td>Default: New Shapes Layer</td></tr><tr><td>Shape Type</td><td>Choice</td><td>TYPE</td><td></td><td>Available Choices:
[0] Point
[1] Multipoint
[2] Lines
[3] Polygon
Default: 0</td></tr><tr><td>Vertex Type</td><td>Choice</td><td>VERTEX</td><td></td><td>Available Choices:
[0] x, y
[1] x, y, z
[2] x, y, z, m
Default: 0</td></tr><tr><td>Number of Attributes</td><td>Integer</td><td>NFIELDS</td><td></td><td>Minimum: 1
Default: 2</td></tr><tr><td>Attributes</td><td>Parameters</td><td>FIELDS</td><td></td><td>6 Parameters:
- 1. 
- 2. Default: Name
- 3. Available Choices:
[0] string
[1] date
[2] color
[3] unsigned 1 byte integer
[4] signed 1 byte integer
[5] unsigned 2 byte integer
[6] signed 2 byte integer
[7] unsigned 4 byte integer
[8] signed 4 byte integer
[9] unsigned 8 byte integer
[10] signed 8 byte integer
[11] 4 byte floating point number
[12] 8 byte floating point number
[13] binary
Default: 0
- 4. 
- 5. Default: Name
- 6. Available Choices:
[0] string
[1] date
[2] color
[3] unsigned 1 byte integer
[4] signed 1 byte integer
[5] unsigned 2 byte integer
[6] signed 2 byte integer
[7] unsigned 4 byte integer
[8] signed 4 byte integer
[9] unsigned 8 byte integer
[10] signed 8 byte integer
[11] 4 byte floating point number
[12] 8 byte floating point number
[13] binary
Default: 0
</td></tr></table>(*) <i>optional</i>